Service-Connected Compensation Awards
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Here at AVBA, our mission is to help Veterans and Surviving Spouses to learn about, understand, and if qualified, help with all required forms, necessary documents, and submit claims on their behalf. Additionally, AVBA actively monitors the entire Claims process towards a successful approval of, and being granted a fair and equitable VA Disability Rating, which in turn allows for our Veteran Clients to receive their well deserved TAX FREE monthly Service-Related Disability Compensation Award benefit.
When it comes to the Service-Connected Disabilities Compensation Award claims Category :
> Veterans are most commonly somewhat familiar with this Category
> Nearly all Veterans have either themselves experienced the frustration of their own submission and Claim Denial or,
> Know of one or more Vets who’s claims have been pending for months or even years, or, have been Claims Denied or,
> Have heard many of the horror stories about VA requesting more or newer documentation, re-asking for forms or documents assuredly already submitted – often multiplicatively, full submission packages repeatedly lost, and generally, the RED TAPE so commonly experienced in any dealings with the Government.
Here is an extremely useful, easy to use Service-Connected Disability Compensation Award Calculator. With it, every Veteran or Surviving Spouse can view an accurate display of the monetary payouts that may be anticipated arising from a VA APPROVED, Service-Connected Disability Compensation Award.
NOTE 1 : Some Veterans may have 2 or more already Rated or Rateable Service-Connected Disability Conditions ~ Box # 1 in the Calculator allows for the choice of one or multiple conditions !
NOTE 2 : If you do not have a Disability Rating or Ratings yet, NO PROBLEM ! Just ” Test Out ” one or more choices of Ratings Percentages to view probable monthly award amounts for VA Awarded Vets Calculator’s rates are current and accurate commensurate with the correctness / accuracy of the Ratings Percentages entered.
Disability Rating and Compensation Calculator
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Click here to help determine your estimated monthly compensation along with your combined disability rating.
3 Major Categories of Veterans’ Benefits
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There are 3 MAJOR CATEGORIES of benefits for Veterans and they are :
1. Service-Connected Disability Compensation awards
2. Non-Service-Connected Pension awards
3. Length of military Service Retirement Pensions
American Veterans’ Benefits Alliance handles Category 1 and Category 2 claims. In this section of our site we speak about Category 1 ~ Service-Connected Disability Compensation awards.
3. In cases of prior Claim Approval but where the VA may have assigned a possibly improper, inaccurate or unfair “ Low Disability Rating ” and thus, a correspondingly low monthly compensation payout, AVBA seeks to re-submit certain claims which our highly experienced expert staff and our Accredited Claims Agent painstakingly review and scrutinized. After conferring, and where they reach consensus, AVBA undertakes the improvement and re-completion of some prior forms / documents felt to have caused the prior “ Low Disability Rating ”. With this thoroughly reinforced, strengthened and possibly documentationally augmented Claim Submission package, AVBA re-submits with the intent of having the VA significantly increase the Veteran’s Disability Rating / monthly Compensation award and significantly improving our Veteran Clients monthly income…
Explaining the Preparation of and
Submission of Service-Connected Disability Claims
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Some of the Intricacies and Complexities of the
Service-Connected Disability Compensation Claim Process
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Several Different Claim Categories of Service-Connected Disability Compensation Claim
Among the dozens of the VA’s Compensation, Pension, Dependents and Supplemental financial assistance plans, here are the most common types of Service-Connected VA Claims :
1. Service – Connected DISABILITY CLAIMS – First Time Submissions
2. Service-Connected DISABILITY CLAIMS – SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS Submissions. These generally occur when a Claimant has received AN APPROVAL of a First Time S / R Disability Claim, but disagrees with the Disability Rating OR, has developed a NEW, SERVICE-CONNECTED CONDITIONS and wishes to have this additional Condition Disability Rated by VA, possibly with the hope that multiple ratings will cause what is known as a “ Combined Rating ” and, that the Combined Rating will be higher than previous rating, thus resulting in a larger monthly award.
3. Service-Connected DISABILITY CLAIMS – APPEALS OF CLAIMS DENIALS
Below are just some of the important things involved in learning if a Veteran is a good candidate for the filing a Service-Connected Disability Compensation Claim. Additionally, learning if a Surviving Spouse, qualifying Child, or Parent of a Service Member who either died in the ine of Duty, or who died as the result of a Service-Connected injury or illness may be appropriate candidates for filing what is known as a VA Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Claim ( VA DIC ).
Important Qualifiers for Successful Service-Connected Disability Compensations Claims
1. Did the Veteran receive either an HONORABLE DISCHARGE or a GENERAL DISCHARGE ?
2. Did the Veteran serve for at least 90 consecutive days, where at least one of those 90 days was during a Department of Veteran’ Affairs Officially Defined Period of War ? Click HERE for our Periods of War Guide
3. Does the Veteran have copies of their Official Military Personnel Record ( OMPR ) file WITH INCLUDED MEDICAL RECORDS, as well as their private, NON-MILITARY Health / Medical ? ( Information obtainable from your private, NON-VA Healthcare Provider(s), your private physician(s), or for free from the Medical Information Bureau ( MIB ). Here is a direct link to the MIB’s “ File Request ” page ~ https://www.mib.com/request_your_record.html
4. Does the Veteran have one or more medical or psychiatric / pyschological conditions ( such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder for example ), which are recorded / documented in their OMPR
5. Because of where and when the Veteran served, may they qualify for one or more of the special Service-Connected Claim Categories known as “ Presumed ” Service-Connected Disabilites.
6. Does the Service Member’s Official Military Personnel File ( OMPF ), ( or qualifying Surviving Spouse of a qualifying deceased Service Member ) designate them as a Prisoner of War ?
7. Did the Service Member die in the Line of Duty, or pass on caused by a Service-Connected injury or illness ? ( This qualifier relates to possible Dependency and Indemnity Claims possible for a qualifying Surviving Spouse, qualifying dependent Children or qualifying dependent Parents ).
Who may handle the actual turn-in or “ Claims Submission ” ?
1. The actual Veteran or actual Surviving Spouse of a Veteran
2. Parents of the Vet or Children of the Vet, 18 years of age or older
3. Veterans’ Administration certified Accredited Claims Agents ( ACA ) retained by the Vet / Spouse
Click HERE for credentials and Profile of AVBA’s Accredited Claims Agent!
4. Veterans’ Service Officers https://www.va.gov/directory/guide/division.asp?dnum=3
5. VA Accredited Attorneys
6. Veterans’ Organizations that are departments of State or Local Governments
Are You Ready to Do a Service-Connected or
” Presumed ” Service-Connected Disabilities Disability Claim ?
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Since 2008, American Veterans’ Benefits Alliance has assisted over 1,700 Veterans, War Veterans, and Surviving Spouses learn about, get pre-qualified for, prepare, submit, monitor process of, and BE AWARDED respective Pension and Compensation benefits and we are here to help you ! Why not give us a contract today! We’re here to answer all your questions, determine which type of VA Benefits you may pre-qualify for, and if you wish, let us attend to the entire process of your VA Claim.
